Mop



G. BURLINGAME.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, [921- 1,4()2,Q4 7, Patented Jan. 3, 1922,

INVENTOR.

I ATTORNEK are rates GAYLE BUBLINGAME, OF COLUMBIA, 'EEQNSYLVAINIEi.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1922.

Application filed February 16, 1921. Serial 130. 445,445.

A further object of the invention is to prov vide a mop wherein the attached portions of the yarn or other material employed in constructing the mop are so positioned that they are not brought into engagement with the surface being mopped during the mopping operation in order that extreme wear at these points may be avoided.

To this end the invention consists in the body portion having formed in one side and in the two adjacent ends a continuous groove in which the yarn or other material employed in constructing the mop has its central portion disposed and held in position by wires or other suitable securing mediums.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent throughout the course of the following description:

In the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, and

wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mop head constructed in accordance with my invention; I

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an end elevation of a mop head constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of the wiping elements being broken away for the purpose of illus tration and Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view partly in elevation thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a body portion having formed in the side thereof a groove 11. The ends of the body portion 10 .are provided with grooves 12, preferably of larger size than and communicating with the groove 11. Adjacent the upper ends of the grooves 12, or adjacent that portion thereof remote from the groove 11, the base of the grooves and body portion is provided with longitudinally extending bores 13.

These bores are adapted for the reception of retaining mediums 14: of wire or some other suitable material. These wires have one end placed in said bores and the yarn or other suitable material employed in constructing the mop, as indicated at 15, is placed beneath the wires and the wires bent against the base of the grooves 12, in which position they are held by means of staples 16 or the like, extending into the body por- 1 tion at the base of the grooves 12. By this construction the yarn at the ends of the mop is forced into the grooves 12 and securely held therein and has its ends projected without the grooves. The wires 14: areagain bent to lie within the groove 11 and the yarn placed therebeneath and the wires driven firmly into the groove 11 so as to draw the centralportion of the yarn which is placed about the wires downwardly into the groove 11. The staple 17 will preferably engage about'both wires 14 which are of sufiicientlength to extend beyond the center of the groove 11 from the groove 12 in which they are. seated. In fact these wires preferably extend to the opposite end of the groove 11 from the groove 12 in which they are attached as indicated at 14 The body portion 10 will, of course, be provided with some suitable handle attaching means illustrated in the present instance as the threaded opening 18 formed in the body portion at the opposite side thereof from the groove 11. In the construction of hand brushes and other similar brushes and mops, the wire and construction of one end is omitted and the handle is secured to this end.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a mop in which central or attached portions of the yarn, or other material which form the mop proper, are secreted within the groove formed in the body portion and are, accordingly, fully protected from the rubbing action usually employed in mopping, thereby preventing their destructionat this point which is the point at which the majority of the wear upon a mop occurs. It will likewise be obvious that the construction as hereinbefore set forth is capable of some change without departing from the spirit of my invention. I accordingly, do not limit myself to the specific construetion as hereinlpefore set forth, except as so limited by the sub-joined claims.

What I claim is:. i r

1. a A mop head comprising a body portion provided at one side thereof with a long tudinal groove, said body portion beine; lllfli- Wise provided in the ends thereof with end the first named groove, wiping elements disposed intermediate said pliable members and said body portion, and means to hold said members pressed against said Wiping elements.

2. A mop head comprising a body portion rovided at one side thereoif'with 10mi- P i i a:

tudinal groove, said body portion being like 'wise providedln the ends thereof with end groves communicating w th saldfirst namedgroove, the body portion at the base of said last named grooves being provided with reduced longitudinally extending bores, pliable securing members having one end disposed Within the longitudinally extending bores, said pliable securing membershaving portlons lying Within said end grooves and signature.

other portionsextending longitudinally of the first named groovavvlping elementsidlsposed intermediate said. pliable members and 7 said body portion, and securing elements engaging about said pliable members and in the body portion Within said grooves,'the :iroe ends of said pliable portions overlapping. k 7 1 8. A mop comprising a body portion provided at one side thereof with a longitudinal groove, said body portion being likewise provided in the ends thereof with end grooves ooinmunieating with said first named groove, the body portion at the base of said last named grooves being provided with reduced longitudinally extending bores, pliable securing membershaving'one end disposed within the longitudinally extending bores, said pliable securing members having portions lying Within said end grooves and other port1ons'eXtend1ng longitudinally of the first named roove W1 )m elements d 1sposed intermediate said pliable members and said body portion andsecuring elements en gaging about said pliable members and in the body portion within said grooves, the :Eree ends of said pliable member's extending to the end of'thefirst named groove next ad acent the end groove in Whirh the other oi": said pliable members is attached.

lntestimony whereof l'hereunto aiiix' my earns BURLINGAME. 

